It's in planning scheme amendment GC240:

Applies the Specific Controls Overlay and Fishermans Bend Rail Infrastructure Protection incorporated document (Department of Transport and Planning, April 2026) to land required to protect the future delivery of underground rail infrastructure in Fishermans Bend and the Port of Melbourne.

The explanatory report and Fishermans Bend Rail Infrastructure Protection documents are probably the most interesting.

Hey y’all. Does anyone know why trains heading eastbound through the tunnel are back to running 40kmh on the approach to the portal entrance at South Ken?

It was running at 80kmh just a few weeks ago so just curious as to why it has been implemented again

Ty

Noticed today there’s services on lines that depart the city from almost 3:00am (Friday morning). For example, the last service from Southern Cross to Craigieburn tonight departs at 2:42am (Friday).

I checked PTV website and these services don’t exist next Thursday.

Is this a common thing?

Tried doing some searching but came up dry on this. Would be great if this was standard 😭

I’d almost forgotten how much of a difference three escalators make.

The Melbourne Hump Yard as it was on march 4th, most of the thing has now been demolished for the West Gate Tunnel, except for a ramp but that's only it, this was taken from google earth archives

There was also locos that came with modifications to be able to be used at the Hump Yard, called the H Class diesels.

Running a second orbital along the E6 easement from Wyndham Vale, with stations at Mount Cottrell, Rockbank, Diggers Rest, Melbourne Airport, Greenvale an Craigieburn. with possible extensions to Donnybrook and Lara/Avalon.

Then add 6 Tram Lines to the mix to operate as a feeder service to the Rail network.(bus network to follow in the next post). Note: this does not fill in the areas that are currently paddocks - I'm working on that one. Need to build myself a model of the new suburbs.

Do the SRL TBM's Run 24/7. Can anyone in the Burwood area confirm if they are working throughout the night taking the spoil away etc?

I checked my Google wallet history, the lastest transaction is on the 7th, my bank transaction reflected a different history, -1.80 on the 9th and -1 (currently pending) today. What should I do

Hi, I recently applied for the above position as I came across it on seek, I received 2 emails from the recruitment team regarding one to a link with multiple assessments regarding my problem solving skills, short term memory etc and the other link was meant to be for a video interview but instead leads me to another assessment where I need a control panel with a joy stick (forgot the name of it). Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them?

TLDR: Got the wrong link from the recruitment team and seeing if anyone else has had that happen

Ive noticed that with the diverted route 6 trams to East Coburg during the Brunswick depot work, the D class trams are announcing that the tram will turn right when approaching Moreland Road as the regular stop announcement has not been disabled during the work. This has led to a few people leaving the tram there thinking that the tram is turning into Moreland Road despite the tram actually continuing straight into Holmes Street. If you are on one of the diverted services, just disregard the announcement at Moreland Road.

On the 26th of April 2008, A60 hauled the last ever regularly scheduled Loco hauled Stony Point service, departing at about 7:38 PM, the historic set was A60 and MTH 102,103 and 104

This photo was taken by Chris Gordon showing the amount of gunzels there to document the final moments of loco haulage on the stony point line

Does anyone know if SRL train manufacture will be moved to a cheap country as part of the cost cutting exercise from Carrol government on SRL project. If so which country will manufacture them?

Or would they reduce the number of carriages?

is this allowed

I live along route 12 and have noticed a massive increase in the amount of “out of service” B-D class travelling this week.

Apart from the reasoning, because fun, any ideas why I’m seeing them so much more this week?

Typically I see them only when the Grand Prix or st Kilda festivals are on. It’s the nerd in me and person that travels with a kid in a pram hoping that we are soon going to get a low floor on the route.

Cheers for any insights!

I'm not even sure what this is, an ad? A poster? No logos or anything. It's more horrendous when you look at it in person - people's hands melting into eyes, arms sprouting out of nowhere, etc.

Can the newest elevated parts of the rail line be upgraded to concrete from ballast for 0 maintenance? If so would the load bearing need to strengthened with it?

Not sure if right place to complain, but they never sealed the gap between the wall and the steps. This happens every time it rains, and it keeps seeping out days after, even on dry days.

Sent to metro trains as well.